Rhode Island State Reading Lists
Award Lists
2025 Rhode Island Latino Book Award
Wings in the Wild
This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the “inspiring and hopeful” (Kirkus Reviews, s...
The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía
Encanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this middle grade fantasy adventure. To save their father’s life, a brother ...
Plátanos Are Love
A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told through a young girl’s experiences in the kitch...
2025 Rhode Island Teen Book Award
The Blonde Dies First
A group of friends fight to choose their own fates when faced with a demonic force that acts according to horror movie rules in this trope-savvy, “...
2024 Rhode Island Teen Book Award
Better Than the Movies
A USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting...
2024 Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Nominee
Ain't Burned All the Bright
A Caldecott Honor winner! Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is ...
2023 Rhode Island Middle School Book Award
